Mansfield has new mid-week ‘mini’ market

Storrs Farmers Market is happy to announce a new opportunity for our friends and neighbors to access premium, locally grown and produced foods.

Beginning Wednesday, July 14 the Storrs Farmers Market will open the “Midweek Mini Market.”

Open every Wednesday from July 14 through September 29, the Midweek Mini Market will be set up in front of the Mansfield Community Center (behind the Town Hall, on Route 275-South Eagleville Road.

Hours will be from 3 – 5 p.m. – rain or shine.

Running low on veggies or missed a Saturday Market?  We can help – we’ll have plenty of CT Grown vegetables and fruits.

Don’t feel like cooking?  No problem!  We’ll have prepared foods ready for you.

Need an extra kick to get you through the work week?  We’ll have fiery hot sauces made with locally grown produce.

The Midweek Mini Market is ideal for our friends who work in town but live elsewhere.  Now, you can support local farming families without having to come back to town on your day off!

Of course, we’ll still be in the Town Hall parking lot every Saturday from now through November with an even greater selection of local fruits, veggies, beef, pork, lamb, jams, pies, breads, cookies and pastries, honey, maple syrup, cows’ and goats’ milk, goats’ milk cheeses and soaps, hand-spun wool, hot sauces, fresh roasted coffees, soups and sandwiches, fresh-made pizzas, hanging baskets, potted herbs, vegetable seedlings, and so much more!

Because everything at Storrs Farmers Market is CT Grown, the offerings will change with the seasons. For a rough guide of when your favorites will be available, you can refer to the Connecticut Crop Plan (in PDF format) at http://www.ct.gov/doag/lib/doag/marketing_files/crop_calendar.pdf

A bright idea

And on Saturday, July 10, the Town of Mansfield’s Energy Education Team will join us with information about CleanEnergyOptions.

Anyone can support clean, renewable electrical energy by purchasing it through their electric bill.  And it doesn’t have to cost more.

For each 100 residents that sign up for clean energy, the town earns one kilowatt worth of solar panels. We have only 6 more sign-ups to go to earn our 7th kilowatt!

This solar system is being placed on EO Smith’s rooftop.

To learn about CleanEnergyOptions, stop by the table featuring pictures of wind turbines and solar panels.

What’s fresh?

Bailey’s Maple Syrup

Maple Syrup, Granulated Maple Sugar, Maple Vinegar, Bees Wax Candles, Honey Sticks, Cold Water, and Hosmer Mt. Sodas

Baldwin Brook Farm

Non-Pasteurized Milk in Glass Bottles (Half Gallons), Eggs, Lettuce, and Pork

Cranberry Hill Farm

Sugar Snap Peas, Scarlet Nantes Carrots, and Zephyr Squash

Culinary Expressions

Fresh-Baked Pies, Cookies, and Breads; Jams and More

Daily Greens

Lemonade, Iced Coffee and Tea, Salads, and Sandwiches

Dondero Orchards

Blueberries, Peaches, Raspberries, Corn, and More!

Dragon’s Blood Elixir

Three varieties of hot sauce: Dragon’s Blood Elixir, Unique Destiny Chipotle Sauce, and The Condiment From Hell

Farm to Hearth

Freshly Baked Pizzas from Our Copper-Domed, Wood-Fired Oven – This Week’s Pizza Features Callaloo and Fennel from Tobacco Road Farm!

Four Mile River Farm

Steaks, Kabobs, Nitrate-free, Hardwood Smoked Hotdogs, Kellidogs, Knockwurst, Kielbasa, Hardwood-Smoked, Nitrate-Free Bacon, Canadian Bacon, Nitrate-Free Corned Beef, and Beef Breakfast Sausage and Sweet Italian Sausage

Horse Listeners Orchard

Blueberries, Summer Squash, Potatoes

La  Petite France

Fresh-baked French Breads, Pastries, and Croissants

Oak Leaf Dairy

Many Summer Scents, Woolly Soaps, and Salves

Quiet Corner Coffee Roasters

Two NEW Coffee Beans: Guatemala Antigua Panchoy and Papua New Guinea Kimel Peaberry

Riverview Farm

Summer Squash, Zucchini, Arugula, and Rainbow Chard

Sean Patrick’s Plants

Hanging Baskets, Herbs, and Vegetable Seedlings

Shundahai Farm

Salad Mix, Chard, Radishes, Scallions, Summer Squash, Zucchini, Cucumbers, Eggplant, Beets, Basil, Cilantro, Dill, Eggs, Cabbage, and (possibly) Tomatoes

Spring Acres Farm

Skeins of yarn – NEW colors are here!

Stonewall Apiary

Honey; Creamed Honey; Beeswax Wood Polish; Beeswax Candles; Honey Soap, Lotion Bars, Lip Balm, and Hand Salve

Stop by for a look at our observation hive (weather permitting)!

Tobacco Road Farm

Regular and Spicy Salad Greens, Callaloo, Kale, Collards, Swiss Chard, Cilantro, Parsley, Basil, Dill, Carrots, Beets, Cucumbers, Zucchini, Fennel, and Garlic

Windhover Farm

All Pork Sausages, Hot Dogs, and Ham

Posted July 9, 2010